20. 
THE SPINDLE TREE. 
Huonymus europeeus. 
Prats 3, Fie. 8. 
of fruit are the prominent charac- 
terestics of the Spindle Tree, a 
name acquired by this species on 
account of the use of its wood for 
the manufacture of spmdles. It 
; Th ordinarily attains only the dimensions of 
4 } ashrub, but as it not unfrequently reaches 
a height of as much as thirty feet, it may 
fairly lay claim to rank amongst the lowliest of 
our woodland Trees. 
Its wood is hard and of a fine grain, and hence, 
as we have said, its adaptability to the purpose 
